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John Fay has been the Reds beat writer for the Enquirer since 2001. Prior to that, he served in a variety of roles for the Enquirer: backup Reds writer, UC beat writer, backup Bengals writer and as a general assignment reporter. He is a Cincinnati native and a graduate of Elder High School and the University of Dayton.

Sunday, May 4, 2008

Lineup v. Braves, RISP with 2 outs

The Reds' problem -- well, one of their problems -- has been getting that big two-out hit. They are hitting .125 with runners in scoring position and two outs. That is the worst in the baseball. The New York Mets, at .171, are the second worst.

The guys who have been No. 3, 4 and 5 in the order most of the year are 1-for-22. Griffey is 0-for-4, Phillips is 1-for-12, Dunn is 0-for-6. I don't have the breakdown on everyone in baseball. But look at the Braves: Chipper Jones is 1-for-9, Mark Teixeira is 3-for-16 and Brian McCann is 2-for-18.

With runners in scoring position overall, the Reds are hitting .260. That's 17th in baseball.

21 Comments:

John, why does he keep playing dunn and griffey? They both obviously suck, and have done nothing to help the team. Also i am going to cry if patterson plays one more game in center!!! Where is Bruce????!!!!

You've got to wonder when the moves are going to start happening. We have Hatteberg sitting on the bench who could bring in a bat and prospects. We have a lumbering Dinosaur in LF who who bring in several and who wouldn't want to add Junior's bat for the stretch run who could bring in help as well. We also have youth in AAA that could help the Reds. Bruce Almighty is waiting and we haven't seen Hairston who started out smoking for days. Whatup wit dat? As long as the team isn't hitting its becoming quite painful to watch. Last night's implode by the pen brought back memories from the past couple of years that I've been working hard to bury.

You can't just look at the average w/ runners in scoring position. I'd be curious to know how many opportunities the Reds have had and where they rank? It's hard to drive runners in when there aren't any on base! I think last night, the Reds only had 2 ABs with RISP and were 1 for 2. A .500 average looks great until you look a little closer.

Hi JohnOne of the biggest problems of this team is its infatuation with Ryan Freel.All I ever hear is how he is such a throwback player and a sparkplug at the top of the order. As bad as this team has been,this engine needs to change its sparkplug and throw Freel back to another team.

Good luck with getting to 600 Griffey, but do it in Seattle. I could care less if he does it in Cincinnati. Send him away. Dunn too. I don't care about RBIs, HR, or OBP. Maybe its just bad chemistry. Make a change.

Bring up the minor leaguers. At least then we would have an excuse as to why we play like a minor league team.

A couple days ago, Cubs' pitcher Rich Hill was yanked with 2 outs in the 1st inning after giving up 4 walks and one run. A relief pitcher came in and got the third out, and only one run scored. The Cubs lost the game, but at least they had a chance. (In fact, it went into extra innings.)

If only the Reds had a manager who realizes you don't wait until you're being blown out to remove a starter who can't get anyone out.

THIS TEAM IS THE SORRIEST BUNCH OF LOSERS IN MY 36 YEARS OF WATCHING BASEBALL! IT'S TIME TO TURN THE ROSTER OVER, NOW!!!! 12-20, THE WORST RECORD IN MLB, LAST PLACE IN THE WEAKEST DIVISION AND WE WERE SUPPOSED TO CONTEND THIS YEAR! WHAT A BUNCH OF LOSERS! GET RID OF THEM ALL!!! THINGS HAVEN'T EVEN STARTED GETTING UGLY YET WITH THE FANS. JUST WAIT TILL THE NEXT HOWE GAME WHEN THE ATTENDANCE WILL BE 800. PLAYERS GETTING BOOED LEFT AND RIGHT. CASTELLINI IS HAVING A GROWING MELTDOWN WITH THE FANS. I WANT TO HEAR FROM WALT JOCKETTY, SOMETHING OUR PREVIOUS GM WOULDN'T DO, ADDRESS THE FANS. I WANT TO HEAR THE RESULTS OF THE ORGANIZATIONAL MEETINGS HE HAD IN ST. LOUIS. I WANT TO HEAR WHAT DIRECTION THIS TEAM IS GOING TO TAKE. I WANT TO HEAR WHAT THE PLAN IS. I WANT TO HEAR THEM ACKNOWLEDGE THIS TEAM IS GARBAGE. I WANT TO HEAR THEM SAY IT'S TIME TO GET RID OF PLAYERS WHO'S HEARTS DON'T BELONG TO CINCINNATI AND THEY'D RATHER BE PLAYING IN SEATLLE OR BOSTON. THEN GET RID OF THEM! NOW!!! NOT TOMORROW!!!! GET PLAYERS WHO WANT TO BE HERE AND WANT TO WIN AND THAT HAVE TALENT!!

Good luck with getting to 600 Griffey, but do it in Seattle. I could care less if he does it in Cincinnati. Send him away. Dunn too. I don't care about RBIs, HR, or OBP. Maybe its just bad chemistry. Make a change.

Bring up the minor leaguers. At least then we would have an excuse as to why we play like a minor league team.

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